Mad at Carlos Quentin? Hardly. On the contrary, I like to take positive outlooks on things. Sure, it would have been nice had Quentin continued his MVP season, rather than breaking his wrist in a fit of mistimed anger, thus costing the White Sox and fantasy owners here in September, but he didn't. Over the weekend, when the news of the surgery was made official, I cut Quentin for Chris Dickerson. Imagine that!
The thing is, had Quentin not gotten hurt and just stunk in September, he would have cost us and the White Sox more. This is what fantasy owners don't seem to get. Yeah, it stinks that Quentin's power is done for the season, but at least we have closure. He's done. We can cut him for the likes of Dickerson and not feel remorse. Nobody else in your league can beat you with Quentin. You cut Brandon Webb today, and, well, that might not work out so well if he gets back on track. Leave him active, and he hurts you.
Of course, dropping Webb is exactly what I'd like to do on a head-to-head team of mine. Instead, I will choose to bench him, because whether it's injury or fatigue or the way the moon is crossing over some axis or whatever, he's pitching poorly, doing harm to the Diamondbacks and fantasy owners.
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Eric Karabell
